Leg construction for furniture



May 27, 1952 J. E. BOLLING LEG CONSTRUCTiON FOR FURNITURE Filed NOV. 22, 1948 FIG 4 INVENTOR. JAY 5 AOL L #16 BY A T TOR/V5) Patented May 27, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE LEG CONSTRUCTION FOR FURNITURE Jay E. Bolling, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application November 22, 1948, Serial No. 61,370

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a leg means for supporting furniture and particularly that style of bed known as Hollywood bed which is a bed without head and foot pieces, that is, a strong framed mattress designed to have the corner legs fixed directly thereto.

It has been the practice to dowel-pin such legs to articles of furniture and the results have been that the legs can be easily knocked off such articles, and as for repairing the damage, this is frequently difficult for the reason that the leg has been split. The invention herein disclosed, however, provides a leg means that is tough and cannot be easily knocked off the article of furniture, or in the event the leg has been knocked off, it is a simple matter to replaceit.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to present a new and novel leg means for supporting furniture, a leg means which is made of two parts, the top part of which is easily and securely fixed to the thing to be supported, and a bottom part which is easily and rigidly fixed to the top. part; the bottom part usually being the support in the form of a leg.

Another object is to provide a leg device for furniture that is simple, durable, dependable, convenient to install and maintain, inexpensive, compact, eificient, pleasing in design and appearances, and which is very satisfactory for use in that it can easily and quickly be removed and installed.

Other objects, advantages and features of this invention will appear from a perusal of the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description, the preamble of this specification, and the appended claim.

Applicant is now about to describe one of the preferred forms of his invention in order to teach one how to make and use the same, but it is to be understood that the drawings and description thereof are not to limit the invention in any sense whatsoever except as specifically limited by the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a bed showing applicants invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the inventive leg,

Figure 3 is a greater enlarged view of the bed leg with the lower portion in elevational view and the upper portion in cross section,

Figure 4 is a plan View of the leg itself.

The numeral I indicates the head portion of a bed having a box spring 2 which has side runners to which the legs or support members 3 are secured. For instance, the reference character 4 indicates such a runner along one side of the bed, and to this runner there is firmly fixed a leg plate 5, note in particular Figure 3. The runner 4 may or may not have an embossed portion where the leg is attached by means of the plate 5.

The plate 5 has a plurality of countersunk holes 5 which are adapted to receive the wood screws 7 and thus enable one to firmly fix the plate to its portion of the runner. A plurality of openin 8 are provided to lighten the plate and save material without in any way weakening it. At the center of the plat there is an integral protruded portion 9 which has a threaded bore !0, and this bore receives the top end of a threadedstem II, the lower end portion of which is securely glued or cemented into the leg 3, as shown. All the parts of this invention are preferably made of metal, but the leg portion 3 may be of any other suitable material such as wood and/or plastic.

The plate 5 is first firmly secured to the bed runner by means of the screws 1, or any other similar means, and then the leg 3 is screwed tightly against the plate by screwing the threaded stem l I into the threaded bore l0. Thus, a removable leg is provided which cannot be easily broken away from the plate 5 nor the plate 5 easily broken away from the runner 4. The leg has a bore or deep recessed portion l2 centrally positioned at its top which snugly engages the protruded part 9 so that added strength and sturdiness is provided between the le 3 and the plate 5. This construction avoids leg breakages which are quite common with present means of attachment. The leg would also be very useful for all kinds of furniture and things which are supported by legs such as dressers, cabinets, chairs, etc.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of form, style, design, and construction of the whole or any part of the specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof; such changes and modifications being within the scope of the following claim.

Iclaim:

In a leg member for supporting furniture and the like subjacently; a supporting element having a central bore at the top thereof, a plat having means for securing it to the under portion of the piece of furniture to be supported, the plate having a depending integral portion which snugly fits into the said bore, said portion having a threaded bore, and an anchoring stem firmly fixed to the supporting element and extending upwardly through the bore of the element and threadedly engaging the threads in the depending portion.

JAY E. BOLLIN G.

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